23/11/2020 · The above outline map represents Nauru - an island nation and a microstate in Oceania, located in southwestern Pacific Ocean. It is a small oval-shaped coral island. Key Facts

Nauru is an island republic in the Pacific Ocean, 42 kilometres south of the Equator and 4,000 kilometres northeast of Sydney. A raised, fossilised coral atoll, Nauru is one of three great phosphate rock islands in the Pacific Ocean – the other two being Banaba (Ocean Island) in Kiribati and Makatea in French Polynesia.

Nauru, island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of a raised coral island located in southeastern Micronesia , 25 miles (40 km) south of the Equator . Nauru

Today, with a population of about 10,000, the island of Nauru, a minuscule 5 kilometers in diameter, has only a 150-meter-wide strip of fertile land left along one of its shores.

10/04/2015 · Nauru: Oval-shaped Nauru Island is the second smallest country after the Vatican. The rising sea level may wash away this beautiful country, just like Maldives.

31/01/2018 · 2. It’s the world’s smallest island nation. Measuring just eight square miles, Nauru is larger than just two other countries: the Vatican City …

22/07/2015 · 1900 saw a discovery that would shape Nauru for the next century: the presence of phosphate, a mineral widely-used at the time for fertilisation. With the discovery Nauru became a nation of great interest to the big colonial powers of the time. They saw an opportunity.

Nauru is an oval-shaped island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, 42 km (26 mi) south of the Equator, listed as the world's smallest republic, covering just 21 km 2 (8 sq mi). With 10,670 residents, it is the third least-populated country , after Vatican City and Tuvalu .

19/08/2013 · The three uplifted atoll islands Banaba, Nauru and Niue are shaped by submarine mass wasting. For each island, the most distinct submarine landslide is described using multibeam bathymetry. All three islands are fractured through tectonic uplift.

Nauru and Banaba (in Kiribati) are raised coral islands that stand at elevations of about 210 and 285 feet (65 and 90 metres), respectively. They have deeper soil and a more adequate water supply than atoll islets, as well as surface deposits of phosphate rock (derived from guano ) that have been mined commercially.